Strong's Greek Concordance

G348: ἀνακόπτω

anakóptō · “to restrain”

Definition

to beat back, i.e. check

KJV translates it as: hinder

Word origin: from G303 (ἀνά) and G2875 (κόπτω);

Extended definition

1. to drive back , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. to beat back an assailant, (Thucydides)
3. to stop:—; Pass. to be stopped, stop short , τινός from a thing, (Lucian) (ML)

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